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SERVICES COMMITTEE, FIRST SESSION, 100TH

CONGRESS

CIS RECORD ONLYHEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

NOMINATIONS OF

ROBERT T. HERRES (JANUARY 28); ROBERT B. COSTELLO (FEBRUARY 25);

JAMES H. WEBB (APRIL 6); JOHN R. GALVIN (MAY 20); CARL E.

VUONO (JUNE 10); ALFRED GRAY, JR. (JUNE 24); H. LAWRENCE GAR-

RETT III (AUGUST 4); ADM. WILLIAM J. CROWE, JR. (SEPTEMBER 29);

JOHN J. WELCH, JR. (OCTOBER 9); KATHLEEN A. BUCK (OCTOBER 9);

JUNE GIBBS BROWN (OCTOBER 14); STEPHEN M. DUNCAN (OCTOBER

16); FRANK C. CARLUCCI (NOVEMBER 12); ROBERT B. COSTELLO (NO-

VEMBER 19); SAMUEL KENRIC LESSEY, JR. (NOVEMBER 24); ROBERT

W. PAGE, SR. (DECEMBER 1); KENNETH P. BERGQUIST (DECEMBER 10);

ROBERT C. DUNCAN (DECEMBER 11); LT. GEN. COLIN POWELL (DECEM-

BER 15); THOMAS F. FAUGHT (DECEMBER 18)

JANUARY 28; FEBRUARY 25; APRIL 6; MAY 20; JUNE 10, 24; AUGUST 4;
SEPTEMBER 29; OCTOBER 9, 14, 16; NOVEMBER 12, 19, 24; DECEMBER 1,
10, 11, 15, 18, 1987

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S. HRG. 100-573

ARMED

NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE

SERVICES COMMITTEE, FIRST SESSION, 100TH

CONGRESS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

NOMINATIONS OF

ROBERT T. HERRES (JANUARY 28); ROBERT B. COSTELLO (FEBRUARY 25);

JAMES H. WEBB (APRIL 6); JOHN R. GALVIN (MAY 20); CARL E.

VUONO (JUNE 10); ALFRED GRAY, JR. (JUNE 24); H. LAWRENCE GAR-

RETT III (AUGUST 4); ADM. WILLIAM J. CROWE, JR. (SEPTEMBER 29);

JOHN J. WELCH, JR. (OCTOBER 9); KATHLEEN A. BUCK (OCTOBER 9);

JUNE GIBBS BROWN (OCTOBER 14); STEPHEN M. DUNCAN (OCTOBER

16); FRANK C. CARLUCCI (NOVEMBER 12); ROBERT B. COSTELLO (NO-

VEMBER 19); SAMUEL KENRIC LESSEY, JR. (NOVEMBER 24); ROBERT

W. PAGE, SR. (DECEMBER 1); KENNETH P. BERGQUIST (DECEMBER 10);

ROBERT C. DUNCAN (DECEMBER 11); LT. GEN. COLIN POWELL (DECEM-

BER 15); THOMAS F. FAUGHT (DECEMBER 18)

JANUARY 28; FEBRUARY 25; APRIL 6; MAY 20; JUNE 10, 24; AUGUST 4;
SEPTEMBER 29; OCTOBER 9, 14, 16; NOVEMBER 12, 19, 24; DECEMBER 1,
10, 11, 15, 18, 1987

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

JANUARY 28, 1987

Page

Nomination of Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAF, to serve as Vice Chairman,

Joint Chiefs of Staff.

1

Herres, Gen. Robert T., U.S. Air Force, nominated to serve as Vice Chairman,

Joint Chiefs of Staff.

4

FEBRUARY 25, 1987

Nomination of Robert B. Costello, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for

Acquisition and Logistics.......

15

23

Costello, Robert B., nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-

tion and Logistics

...........

APRIL 6, 1987

Nomination of James H. Webb, Jr., to be Secretary of the Navy

Webb, James H., Jr., nominee for Secretary of the Navy..

MAY 20, 1987

Nomination of Gen. John R. Galvin to the position of Supreme Allied Com-

mander Europe, and Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command...............

Galvin, Gen. John R...

JUNE 10, 1987

Nomination of Gen. Carl E. Vuono, U.S. Army, to be the U.S. Army Chief of

Staff

Vuono, Gen. Carl E., nominee to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

JUNE 24, 1987

Nomination of Lt. Gen. Alfred Gray, Jr., USMC, to be Commandant of the

Marine Corps.

139

Gray, Lt. Gen. Alfred M., Jr., USMC.

144

AUGUST 4, 1987

Nomination of H. Lawrence Garrett III, to be Under Secretary of the Navy

Garrett, H. Lawrence, III

157

166

SEPTEMBER 29, 1987

Nomination of Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., U.S. Navy, for reappointment as

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff..

187

Crowe, Adm. William J., Jr., for reappointment as Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff.

190

OCTOBER 9, 1987

Nomination of John J. Welch, Jr., of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of

the Air Force for Research, Development, and Logistics........